Death Saving Throws

When you drop to 0 hit points, you are dying and must begin making death saving throws at the start of each of your turns.

The roll: Roll 1d20 — no modifiers apply (unless a feature specifically grants one).

• 10 or higher: Success.
• 9 or lower: Failure.
• Rolling a 1: Counts as two failures.
• Rolling a 20: You regain 1 hit point and regain consciousness.

Tracking:

• Accumulate three successes before three failures to stabilize (unconscious at 0 HP, no longer rolling).
• Accumulate three failures to die.
• Successes and failures reset when you regain any hit points.

Taking damage at 0 HP:

• Any damage while at 0 HP causes one automatic death save failure.
• A critical hit (attacker within 5 feet) causes two failures.
• Damage equal to or exceeding your hit point maximum causes instant death.

Stabilizing:

• A stabilized creature stops making death saves but remains unconscious at 0 HP.
• After 1d4 hours, a stabilized creature regains 1 HP.
• An ally can stabilize you with a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check or by using a healer's kit (no check required).
• Any healing (even 1 HP) removes the dying condition immediately.